The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations made against Mohamed Al Fayed. The two women ...

The blast happened in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of October 16.

A “determined and curious” giraffe calf has died at a zoo in Hampshire, staff said. Mbonisi, a three-month old Rothschild’s giraffe, overcame an infection as a newborn at Marwell Zoo in Colden Common, ...